You will not be alone if you plan to attend religious services this weekend as a part of your Easter celebrations. According to Lifeway Research, 90 percent of pastors identify Easter as their highest-attended worship service of the year, with Christmas (81 percent) and Mother’s Day (59 percent) rounding out the top three. Area Christians celebrate Jesus’ death on Good Friday and resurrection three days later on Easter Sunday. Five years ago, churches were forced to celebrate Easter in front of empty sanctuaries as Governor Tony Evers’ Stay-at-Home Order kept people out of houses of worship and in front of their radios, televisions, and computer screens. Father Dan Schuster of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Casco and St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Luxemburg is happy that those days are gone and his parishioners have returned.
As churchgoers listen to their homilies and sermons this Easter weekend, Pastor Joel McKenney of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Algoma, Pastor Matthew Sprunger of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Kewaunee, and Deacon Mark Bortle of St. Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church in Institute remember the reason why Jesus died on the cross.
Pastor Joel McKenney
Pastor Matthew Sprunger
Deacon Mark Bortle
Holy Week began last Sunday with Palm Sunday and continued this week with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Easter Sunday services. You can go online to find you preferred church's schedule of services.
